#10: Hidden

.pairing: Aomine/Kise; brief mention of implied pairs

.rating: T

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Every servant in the castle knew not to get in the way of their King, Aomine Daiki as he strode past them and into the room where all were constantly reminded never to go into. The said King of the great Kingdom of Touou is a fierce and harsh person, no one would dare defy his orders in fear of being punished. Some servants lowered their heads as their king walked passed them, his presence is quite frightening despite that calm look on the King's face.

"Ah, ah, and there he goes again. Seriously, it's like he's always impatient to go to that room. He even finished his paperwork early." Imayoshi Shoichi sighed, staring after the retreating back of his King.

"Ah! I'm sorry! It's because Aomine-sama insisted we finish work early! I'm sorry!" Sakurai Ryou bowed at the king's right-hand man. Imayoshi blinked and waved his hands at the apologizing boy.

"Ah, it's not really your fault..."

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"Now that you mention it, do you know what's in that room Imayoshi-san?" Wakamatsu Kousuke asked, he had always been curious about that said room. Because the King always lashed at anyone who dares to enter that said room or to anyone who he had caught talking about it.

"Well, you see..."

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Aomine growled in annoyance as he impatiently searched for that special key he always keep in his pocket. He can't help but grin at the sound of the door unlocking, feeling anticipation building, no matter how many times he had been here before. Because he was here, his hidden treasure.

His dark-blue eyes adjusted to the dark room, the only source of light was coming out from the window. When his eyes caught the large aquarium, his face turned into an expressionless one, listening to the sound of soft whimper. He gracefully walked, his boots meeting the floor with a loud sound. The whimper stopped before there was a sharp intake of breath.

"Kise." Aomine saw the creature tense up at the call of his name, watching carefully as the said creature turned to face him, tears continued rolling down his golden eyes.

"A—Aomine...cchi..." Kise Ryouta whimpered brokenly, his golden tail twitching every time he hiccuped. Aomine's narrowed his eyes at the merman crying, clicking his tongue.

"Geez, when will you stop sulking? Didn't I tell you to stop crying already? And stop calling me that ridiculous nickname!" Aomine growled.

"Aominecchi's so mean! You even took Kurokocchi away from me..."

"I told you he'll be fine. Kagami's going to take care of him." It's true, the King of the Kingdom, Seirin, Kagami Taiga is his — as he loathes to admit it — friend and is quite smitten with the cerulean-haired merman, Kuroko Tetsuya and Kise's best friend.

"Kagamicchi will?" Kise pressed his palm against the glass, eyes becoming teary again. Aomine sighed, leaning his head against the cold glass.

"Yes. He will." There was silence for a little while before Kise broke it himself.

"Why don't you just let us go, Aominecchi?" The said male tensed, he glared at the blond merman glowering as he did so.

"I told you." Pressing his palm against the glass too, Aomine's eyes narrowed. "You belong to me." he stated. Kise flushed at the possessive statement, he knew that the dark blue-haired King was being serious, he could tell from the look in his eyes.

'Damn, Aominecchi! Always so cool! But that's what I've always liked about him.' Kise thought as he reminisce about the time they first time they met. It was love at first sight for the merman, just seeing how proud and cool the King was, it made his heart beat faster than it normally should, of course it made him so happy that the said man reciprocated his feelings and by showing it, he had locked Kise in his room, inside a big aquarium he had made just for him. But...

"Akashicchi's going to look for us Aominecchi, are you sure you want to keep me here?" At the sudden mention of the blond merman's superior, Aomine's mood soured. There was absolutely no way in hell he would let him take Kise away from him!

"He won't find you. I'll make sure of that." he growled. Kise laughed, which only seemed to irritate the king.

"Akashicchi's really scary when he's angry."

"Do you really want to go back?" At the question, Kise blinked, clearly knowing how serious the question was. But, he had already decided. Despite the thought of being at the receiving end of the merman King's wrath, he had already decided a long time ago. Kise smiled, a dazzling smile that left a fluttering feeling in the blue-haired King's chest.

"No, I belong to Aominecchi." Aomine scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest looking all composed despite the tinge of red visible on his cheeks.

"Of course you're mine." Kise giggled, remembering the merman queen's advice to them both (Kuroko and him) to follow their heart, and don't let the king's words hinder them and that he'll take care of the king himself if he ever gets involve in their personal lives.

'Even though I said Akashicchi's scary, the scary one really is Koukicchi. He can control Akashicchi and he knows that Akashicchi will always do anything for him. But I'm thankful, because of that I can be with Aominecchi.' Kise thought with a smile. It doesn't matter if he's hidden or not, as long as he's with the person he loves, it's absolutely worth it.

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